Brooke Shields spilled the beans on her wild adventure at Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes’ wedding bash back in 2006. In case you missed the memo, this 58-year-old glamazon had a front-row seat to the whole shebang, despite a little spat with the 61-year-old Hollywood heavyweight prior to the “I do”s. Yep, Tom Cruise had thrown some shade her way in an interview, but hey, who can resist a wedding invite, right? So, when the apology rolled in along with the golden ticket, Brooke was like, “Sign me up! Just don’t make me the something old, okay?”
In a recent chat, Brooke dished out the deets on why she RSVP’d “heck yes” to that matrimonial extravaganza. “Of course, I couldn’t pass up on that offer,” she joked to EW. “I mean, come on, it’s not every day you get a personal invite from Mr. Cruise himself, especially after a little tiff. I was all in… as long as I wasn’t relegated to playing the role of ancient history!”
And guess what? Katie Holmes had a special request for Brooke. “She’s like, ‘Oh, could you?'” Brooke recounted, mimicking Katie’s plea. “And I’m thinking, ‘What? Show up as the something old?'” Cue the laughter track. But fear not, Brooke wasn’t about to rock up empty-handed. Oh no, she embarked on a quest worthy of a Hollywood questline, scouring antique shops far and wide in search of the perfect gift fit for the occasion.
“It was like a treasure hunt,” she confessed, with a twinkle in her eye. “I was on a mission to unearth the ultimate vintage gem.” And lo and behold, after turning over every proverbial stone, she stumbled upon it: a Victorian antique, the pièce de résistance of wedding presents.
So, what was this stroke of gifting genius? “It was this cute little compact,” Brooke revealed with a mischievous grin, “you know, the kind where you pop a ring inside… Perfect for stealing a glance at your beloved’s reflection and all that mushy stuff.” Ah, romance in the age of antiquity. Now that’s a wedding gift worth its weight in gold!